born of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother; was expelled from school because of his cartoons of teachers; 1884 to 1889 – studied art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy) under Eduard von Gebhardt and Peter Janssen where he revealed a stylistic commitment to Impressionism; 1889-1896 – studied art, briefly, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and did contributions to the magazines "Fliegende Blätter" and "Die Jugend"; 1895 - became a co-founder of the satirical Munich magazine "Simplicissimus" and the chief illustrator employed by the magazine;; 1898 - served a six-month prison sentence on the accusation of lese-majesty for a cartoon satirizing Kaiser William II; 1890s - began work as a book illustrator; 1922 - was appointed a regular member of the Prussian Academy of Art in Berlin; 1926 - had a major exhibition of his drawings in Dresden;; 1926 - published his autobiography as a collection of essays in the monthly journal "Uhu" published in Berlin; 1933 – was removed from his position on the editorial board because of his Jewish background and attempts to criticize the national-socialists as "Simplicissimus" aligned itself with the Nazis; 1933 - fled Germany to Prague as a result of his opposition to right-wing nationalism and cartoons ridiculing Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. In Prague he tried to launch an alternative version of "Simplicissimus" but the magazine lasted for only a couple of months; 1934 - had a major exhibition of his works in Prague; 1935 - published a collection of his non-political drawings; 1938-1942 - lived in Oslo; 1942 - published a highly cynical autobiography "Ich warte auf Wunder" ("I wait for miracles"); 1942- moved to Stockholm; 1948 - died in Stockholm.